The National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace was an American organization formed in the late 1960s in response to the Vietnam War. The organization made the master list of Nixon political opponents. The first meeting, sponsored by the Fund for Education in World Order, was held on March 5, 1969, in New York City. They held their second meeting in 1970 in New York City, and had annual meetings beginning in 1986.
Convocations 1st: New York Hilton Hotel, New York City, New York, March 1969 2nd: New York Hilton Hotel, New York City, New York, April 29–30, 1970 3rd: Hotel Americana, New York City, New York, October 1971
References
MINNESOTA POLITICS OF THE LEFT Papers, 1968-1974, : the Second National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace, Minnesota BiPartisan Caucus to Stop the War, and Minnesotans for Amnesty. Electronic Guide to the Administrative Records of the Division of World Peace of the General Board of Church and Society 1444-4-2:25: National Convocation on The Challenge of Building Peace, 1968–1969 Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law, American Journal of International Law, Vol. 64, No. 4 (Oct., 1970), pp. 928–947 Valley Peace Center Records, 1967-1973: National Convocation on the Challenge of Building Peace, New York, 1969. First..., condensed transcript. (N.Y.?); Fund for Education in World Order, (1969?). 63 pp.
External links Recording of the Luncheon Session at the 1st Convocation at The WNYC Archives Recording of the 1st session at the 1st Convocation, "Is America Becoming a Militaristic Society? at The WNYC Archives